Beef Definition

bēf
beefed, beefing, beefs, beeves
noun
beeves
A full-grown steer, bull, ox, or cow, especially one intended for use as meat.
American Heritage
A full-grown ox, cow, bull, or steer, esp. one bred and fattened for meat.
Webster's New World
The flesh of a slaughtered full-grown steer, bull, ox, or cow.
American Heritage
Meat from such an animal; specif., a whole dressed carcass.
Webster's New World
Human muscle; brawn.
American Heritage
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verb
beefed, beefing, beefs
To complain.
American Heritage
To complain or protest.
Webster's New World

(intransitive) To complain.

Wiktionary
To add weight or strength to, usually as beef up.
Since you stopped running, you are really beefing out.
Wiktionary

(intransitive, slang) To fart.

Ugh, who just beefed in here?
Wiktionary
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adjective

Being a bovine animal that is being raised for its meat.

We bought three beef calves this morning.
Wiktionary

Producing or known for raising lots of beef.

Beef farms.
Beef country.
Wiktionary

Consisting of or containing beef as an ingredient.

Beef stew.
Wiktionary
idiom
beef up
  • to strengthen by addition, reinforcement, etc.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Beef

Noun

Singular:
beef
Plural:
beefs

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Origin of Beef

  • From Old French buef, boef (“ox”) (modern French: bœuf); from Latin bōs (“ox”). Cognate to bovine.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French buef from Latin bōs bov- gwou- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Beef Sentence Examples

  • He nearly dropped the plate of roast beef.

  • Minas Geraes produces cheese, butter and milk, as well as beef cattle for neighbouring cities.

  • Her beef was with Dulce - and maybe Alex.

  • The rapid development of the foreign trade of the republic since 1881 is due to settled internal conditions and to the prime necessity to the commercial world of many Argentine products, such as beef, mutton, hides, wool, wheat and Indian corn.

  • The main product is the refined oil, which is used for a great number of purposes, such as a substitute for olive oil, mixed with beef products for preparation of compound lard, which is estimated to consume one-third of cotton seed oil produced in the States.

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